18th/03/2013
On Monday, I had the opportunity to move into a more visible space in the gallery, this was the hire space at the front of the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. This would give me more chance to meet more local visitors. Jane Morrow also said that I could bring some existing work to show in the space. So I decided to show my Shadows on the Sun piece that I made in 2011.
Here is a sketch model of the sculpture in the space.
Today I also carried out further research into Victorian mountaineers and explores. As I was keen to figure out how they surveyed the land and made maps of the landscape.
I found a good website that gave a detailed account of the mountaineers that first climbed the rocky mountains. The first women to do so was Isbella Bird who was aided by a Welsh man called Griffith Evans from Llanberies. Though I wasn’t really looking to make the rocky mountains a focal point for my work it did help me learn about the equipment and techniques they used during the same time period.
It gave me a good idea into everything from their equipment they needed and also showed drawings made of landscape.
I also found out that Isabella Bird escaped from her Victorian homeland as she was advised to do to so in order to improve her health. She was an adventurous person.
I also found a possible title for my work ‘Conquering the clouds’.
